This pops up here and again on this board; the basic consensus among people that have tried it (I definitely haven't) seems to be that it's almost certainly legit stuff, but it tends not to have been handled particularly well.
Either that or the fact that Creed is notoriously bad at quality control, one of the two.
ahh sorry for a repost...... I guess they just had a 20% off all scent sale that ended 2 days ago.. I guess if you keep your eye out you can get one to try rather cheap.
I would say it has to be real for a company that big to be selling it